Dissatisfied with this, the princes - Papuna Tsereteli, Beri Tsulukidze and others contacted David Archil's son and wanted to make him king.

On April 25 the Elaznauri Agreement, by virtue of which Imereti was declared a subject of Russia, although it maintained its political existence and the reign was inviolable.

In a verbal agreement, Tsitsianov promised Lechkhumi to the king, however, to negotiate this disputed territory, Solomon and Grigol Dadiani met each other in Satchila, where they both swore allegiance to Russia.

The king of Imereti placed great hopes on the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), because the weakening of these empires would contribute to the strengthening of his kingdom.

In the same year, 1809, the king received an order from the Russian official Tormasov to send a "deputation" to St. Petersburg, which was stipulated by the agreement of 1804.

Solomon disobeyed the order and instead demanded the withdrawal of the army from Kutaisi, leaving only 120 men as stipulated in the agreement, fulfilling other promises to Lechkhumi and Tsitsianov.

In response to this, the Russians launched a new plan, according to which Guria, Racha, as well as Zurab Tsereteli and Tsulukidze should march against Solomon.

In a letter sent to Major-General Simonovich on March 9, 1810, King Solomon agreed to resign if he was left to live in Imereti.

During the robbery, he was accompanied by Kaikhosro, Rostom and Simon Tsereteli, Grigol and David Dadiani, Beri Lortkifanidze, Aznauri Gabashvili and others - up to 25 people in total.

In a letter dated May 17, 1810, to the Upper Imeretians, Solomon calls them to rebel and writes: "Believe in this, I must end my life for the sake of Imereti."

In this rebellion, Solomon was supported by Manuchar and Tariel Dadiani, the chief monk of Lechkhumi, Gelovani, and other princes.

In a letter dated 1810, Zurab Tsereteli, the king's eunuch in the service of Russia, worriedly writes to his son, Grigol, that the whole of Imereti is united to fight against us.

The marchers of Andronikashvili and Rostom Tsereteli stopped the units of the Russian troops near Kortok, and on July 29 they besieged Kutaisi who there was Simonovich.

The units of Giorgi Tsulukidze's and Zurab Tsereteli's army near Maglak, in agreement with Levan Dadian, defeated the Russians without a fight and opened the way to Kutaisi.

The king, doomed to defeat, once fortified himself in the Khanistsqali valley, but at the end of September he was forced to move to Akhaltsikhe.

After that, the king moved to the Ottoman Empire, first to Erzurum, and then to Trabzon, where he was received with honor by the local Pasha, a Georgian prince by origin.

The body of Solomon II, the last reigning Georgian king, was moved from Trebizond to Gelati Monastery, Georgia, in 1990.

The spiritual teacher of Solomon II was Saint Hilarion of Georgia-Akhali (in Greek Iesse Kanchaveli, later the monk of Mount Athos).

On July 27, 2005, the Georgian Orthodox Church canonized Solomon II as a saint for his religious merits and devotion to the homeland.